Global Sea Ice Extent is 245,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. The last year it was higher on this day was back in 2000.
This is the list of years with LESS global sea ice extent on day 219;
1985 1986 1990 1991 1993 1995 1997 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,223,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. 140th daily record.
Global Sea Ice Extent is 293,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Still higher than any year (for day 217) since 2000.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,357,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 139th daily record for 2014.
A pause after a huge jump. Those pauses are not unusual as you can see from the 2013 record breaking run (the black line).
Thanks to an amazing rise in Antarctica, Global Sea Ice Extent is 305,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
It is the highest for this day since 2000.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,418,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is so high it is higher than the maximum mean which usual occurs around day 265. Which means it is now 49 days ahead of normal!
Of course the extent for day 216 is still 1,000,000 sq km below the record set in 2013 … but that occurred on day 273.
And in just 1 day the extent rose 240,000 sq km. And it rose 700,000 sq km in last 7 days.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,231,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 137th daily record for the year.
140,000 sq km increase in the last day is pretty awesome.
Global Sea Ice Extent is 135,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Today’s global sea ice extent is the 2nd highest for this day from 2001 – 2014. 2004 was 200,000 sq km higher.
There have been no global daily records set in 2014. But there have been 72 in the top 5.
Year First Second Third Fourth Fifth Top 5 2014 0 0 14 37 21 72
UPDATE: Antarctic and Arctic has been published. MASIE is still one day behind.
There have been no updates to NSIDC/NOAA Antarctic Sea Ice Extent for three days. Arctic Data is late for today. And MASIE did update their data, but it is one day older than it should be.
Data is usually found here and here and here.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,136,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is the 134th daily record for the year.
The lowest extent for this day was 16.2 million sq km in 1985. In 2014 it is 18.1 million sq km. A 1.9 million sq km difference.
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